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Slovenian President receives OECD Secretary-General

Ljubljana, 1.6.2010  |  press release


Slovenian President Dr Danilo Türk receives Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurría (photo: Tina Kosec/STA)Slovenian President Dr Danilo Türk today received the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurría. President Türk and Secretary-General Gurría reviewed the present level of cooperation between the OECD and Slovenia, particularly as regards the promotion of innovation and corporate governance of public companies. The two were unanimous in agreeing that the surveys carried out by the OECD could help Slovenia to establish its own policies regarding different issues required by the restructuring.
Slovenian President Dr Danilo Türk receives Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurría (photo: Tina Kosec/STA)Dr Türk and Mr Gurría moreover agreed to jointly organise a special roundtable in Slovenia on 29 November 2010, the main topic being new methods of measuring social development. An invitation to participate in this roundtable was also extended to Nobel Prize winner and economist Joseph Stiglitz. President Türk emphasised that the experience which Slovenia and, specifically, its Statistical Office have at their disposal can significantly contribute to the development of current discussions on measuring all GDP factors and other elements of social progress.

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